ἐγγύς

ἐγγύς — engýs

[ἔγγιστα, neuter plural superlative (from ἐγγύς) as adverb, nearest, next: WH (rejected) marginal reading in Mar 6:36 (others, κύκλῳ].

STRONGS NT 1451: ἐγγύςἐγγύς, adverb (from ἐν and γυιον (limb, hand), at hand; (but rather allied with ἄγχι, ἄγχω, anxious, anguish, etc.; see Curtius § 166; Vanicek, p. 22)) (from Homer down), the Sept. for קָרוב; near;

1. of place and position;

a. properly: absolutely, Joh 19:42 (cf. also 20 G L T Tr WH (but see below)); with the genitive (Matthiae, § 339, 1, p. 812; Winers Grammar, 195 (183); (471 (439); Buttmann, § 132, 24)), Luk 19:11; Joh 3:23; Joh 6:19; Joh 6:23; Joh 11:18; Joh 11:54; Joh 19:20 (Rec., but see above); Act 1:12; with the dative (Matthiae, § 386, 6; Kühner, § 423, 13; (Jelf, § 592, 2)), Act 9:38; Act 27:8.

b. tropically; οἱ ἐγγύς, those who are near of access to God, i. e. Jews, and οἱ μακράν, those who are alien from the true God and the blessings of the theocracy, i. e. Gentiles: Eph 2:17 (cf. Isa 57:19); ἐγγύς γίνεσθαι, to be brought near, namely, to the blessings of the kingdom of God, Eph 2:13 (so with the rabbis not infrequently to make nigh is equivalent to to make a proselyte, cf. Wetstein at the passage cited; (Schottgen, Horae etc. i., 761f; Valck. Schol. 1:363)); ἐγγύς σου τό ῤῆμα ἐστιν, near thee, i. e. at hand, already, as it were, in thy mind, Rom 10:8 from Deu 30:14 (cf. Buttmann, § 129, 11; Winer's Grammar, 465 (434)).

2. of Time; concerning things imminent and soon to come to pass: Mat 24:32; Mat 26:18; Mar 13:28; Luk 21:30-31; Joh 2:13; Joh 6:4; Joh 7:2; Joh 11:55; Rev 1:3; Rev 22:10; of the near advent of persons: ὁ κύριος ἐγγύς, of Christ's return from heaven, Php 4:5 (in another sense, of God in Psalm 144:18; with the addition ἐπί θύραις, at the door, Mat 24:33; Mar 13:29; ἐγγύς κατάρας, near to being cursed, Heb 6:8; ἀφανισμοῦ, soon to vanish, Heb 8:13.